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Triple net (NNN)

Leasing & Commercial

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A net lease where the tenant pays taxes, insurance, and maintenance.

Related terms

  • Under-rented

    Where the passing rent is below current market rent, giving reversionary upside when the rent can next be increased.

  • Upward-only rent review

    A review clause under which rent can rise to market level but never fall below the current passing rent; common in institutional leases and favourable to landl…

  • Vacancy rate

    The share of available space that is unlet, the inverse of occupancy.

  • Void

    A period during which a property is vacant and producing no rent.

  • WAULT

    Weighted Average Unexpired Lease Term - the average time remaining on a portfolio leases.

  • Yield up

    The tenant's obligation to hand back the premises at lease end in the condition required by the lease, with vacant possession.

  • Anchor tenant

    A large, prominent tenant that draws footfall or credibility to a scheme.

  • Break clause

    A right allowing landlord or tenant to end a lease early on defined terms.